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San Diego to pass humane pet store ordinance

Second-largest city in California is poised to ban the sale of commercially-bred d...
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New Salt Lake center advances statewide push to no-kill

Best Friends Pet Adoption Center grand opening in the Sugar House neighborhood of ...
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NKLA continues to exceed goals

Animal shelter killing in Los Angeles is headed for all-time low.
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Thoughts from an Englishman on the Fourth of July

America is founded on ideas of fair-mindedness and justice, principles that guide ...
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The breakthrough idea of the decade

Best Friends, in partnership with PetSmart Charities, launches fourth community ca...
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The holy grail of spay/neuter

Quest to develop a pill or shot (injection) to non-surgically sterilize cats and d...
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Cat with panleukopenia saved with blood transfusion

Cat with panleukopenia, who had an upper respiratory infection and then diarrhea, ...
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Save rate for cats approaches 90% in Albuquerque

Albuquerque trap neuter return program is showing great results, reducing the numb...
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Cat agility training

Injured cat, maybe as a result of a car fan belt or farm machinery, has reconstruc...
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Counting in Florida

Win for animals in Florida as law is passed requiring shelters to compile statisti...
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Super season

New York Pet Super Adoption, hosted by Best Friends, helps homeless pets find lovi...
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Audubon disappoints: position reversal

Despite his recent op-ed describing how to poison cats, Ted Williams is reinstated...
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Special-needs pets adoption promotion

Special-needs pets adoption promotion highlights animals with medical (e.g., FeLV ...
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Florida Community Cat Act clears first hurdle in style

Florida House Bill 1121, which would be a win for feral cats, clears the first hur...
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More killing is never the answer

Best Friends' and other groups' shared goal of reducing outdoor cat populations sh...
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